Irish low cost carrier Ryanair is expected to announce a large order for Boeing 737 MAX fuel-efficient narrowbodies Monday.

From ATW's 2015 World Airline Report, fleet totals for the world's commercial jet manufacturers, as of May 19, 2015 .

Bombardier will restart CSeries flight testing and remains confident the initial 110-seat CS100 will still enter service in the second half of 2015 despite a halt of more than three months after an engine failure during ground testing.

Air France-KLM Group will phase out five Martinair Boeing MD-11 freighters and internally reallocate up to 400 staff, as it strives to hit cargo breakeven by 2017.

British Airways is rolling out cabin upgrades across 18 of its Boeing 747s, which will be equipped with improved inflight entertainment and modern interiors.

Boeing said China will need 6,020 new commercial aircraft valued at $870 billion over the next 20 years.

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre (NAC) will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of hydrogen fuel cells as replacements for aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).

United Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 26 Boeing 787-9s it has on order.